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728 Series Bf 150–155 Bf SOCIAL INSURANCE AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE<br />

TABLE Bf 150–155 Paupers admitted to almshouses, by region <strong>and</strong> state: 1904–1922<br />

Contributed by Stephen T. Ziliak<br />

Paupers admitted<br />

Paupers per 100,000 population<br />

1904 1910 1922 1904 1910 1922<br />

Bf150 Bf151 Bf152 Bf153 Bf154 Bf155<br />

Region <strong>and</strong> state Number Number Number Per 100,000 Per 100,000 Per 100,000<br />

United States 81,412 88,313 63,807 99.5 96.0 58.4<br />

New Engl<strong>and</strong> 12,990 14,716 10,036 218.7 224.6 131.7<br />

Maine 828 860 839 116.3 115.8 108.3<br />

New Hampshire 646 812 830 154.4 188.6 186.0<br />

Vermont 231 269 215 66.4 75.6 61.0<br />

Massachusetts 8,398 9,520 6,481 279.1 282.8 162.9<br />

Rhode Isl<strong>and</strong> 551 526 419 117.2 96.9 67.5<br />

Connecticut 2,336 2,729 1,252 237.6 244.8 86.4<br />

Middle Atlantic 23,400 23,927 14,250 138.8 123.9 61.9<br />

New York 12,073 12,724 6,043 152.1 139.6 56.4<br />

New Jersey 1,589 1,736 1,116 74.9 68.4 33.7<br />

Pennsylvania 9,738 9,467 7,093 143.3 123.5 78.9<br />

East North Central 16,901 17,116 15,604 100.6 93.8 70.0<br />

Ohio 7,091 5,825 4,150 161.9 122.2 69.0<br />

Indiana 1,800 1,741 1,739 69.7 64.5 58.2<br />

Illinois 4,446 5,590 5,949 86.9 99.1 88.7<br />

Michigan 2,476 2,783 2,944 96.5 99.0 75.7<br />

Wisconsin 1,092 1,177 822 50.4 50.4 30.3<br />

West North Central 3,578 4,585 4,137 33.1 39.4 32.4<br />

Minnesota 517 815 563 27.7 39.3 22.8<br />

Iowa 896 823 766 40.2 37.0 31.3<br />

Missouri 1,123 1,151 1,124 35.4 34.9 32.7<br />

North Dakota 163 114 86 39.5 19.8 12.9<br />

South Dakota 150 160 138 32.1 27.4 21.2<br />

Nebraska 174 1,101 1,009 15.6 92.3 76.3<br />

Kansas 555 421 451 35.8 24.9 25.2<br />

South Atlantic 7,227 7,945 6,396 65.2 65.2 44.3<br />

Delaware 183 430 283 95.8 212.5 123.9<br />

Maryl<strong>and</strong> 1,617 1,949 1,845 131.8 150.5 123.9<br />

District of Columbia 148 171 155 49.7 51.7 35.4<br />

Virginia 2,159 2,404 1,211 111.9 116.6 51.0<br />

West Virginia 719 531 495 68.2 43.5 32.4<br />

North Carolina 863 728 801 43.0 33.0 30.2<br />

South Carolina 432 285 254 30.8 18.8 14.7<br />

Georgia 726 514 511 30.8 19.7 17.2<br />

Florida 380 933 841 62.3 124.0 82.1<br />

East South Central 3,448 3,086 2,128 43.9 36.7 23.6<br />

Kentucky 1,013 1,133 666 46.1 49.5 27.2<br />

Tennessee 1,460 1,227 785 70.2 56.2 33.0<br />

Alabama 748 481 520 38.5 22.5 21.6<br />

Mississippi 227 245 157 13.8 13.6 8.8<br />

West South Central 2,045 2,068 1,723 27.8 23.5 16.2<br />

Arkansas 982 849 728 69.8 53.9 40.5<br />

Louisiana 75 112 50 5.1 6.8 2.7<br />

Oklahoma 87 61 229 7.9 3.7 10.8<br />

Texas 901 1,046 716 26.8 26.8 14.7<br />

Mountain 2,528 3,505 2,375 125.0 133.1 67.5<br />

Montana 759 926 473 260.4 246.2 79.9<br />

Idaho 168 177 148 75.9 54.4 32.2<br />

Wyoming — 53 44 — 36.3 21.3<br />

Colorado 694 697 905 109.5 87.2 92.7<br />

Arizona 436 1,015 527 285.9 496.7 143.4<br />

Utah 124 181 111 39.8 48.5 23.7<br />

Nevada 347 456 167 612.2 556.9 215.7<br />

Pacific 9,295 11,365 7,158 303.7 271.1 120.9<br />

Washington 420 1,247 566 56.4 109.2 40.1<br />

Oregon 545 504 465 107.4 74.9 57.3<br />

California 8,330 9,614 6,127 460.5 404.4 165.7<br />

Source<br />

Paupers in Almshouses: 1923 (U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926), Table<br />

5, p. 8. Notes: pp. 1–5, 8.<br />

Documentation<br />

See the text for Table Bf34–149.<br />

No almshouse was maintained in New Mexico in the years covered by<br />

this table, nor in Wyoming in 1904.

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